RE: Problem dealing with death as an atheist
April 24, 2011 at 7:09 pm
(This post was last modified: April 24, 2011 at 7:10 pm by BeoTurtle.)
I've read somewhere that even if humans were immortal, with normal lifestyles the average person would live 600-800 years due to the statistical occurance of fatal accidents. So much for hoping to transform into an elf 
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This is what I plan to do.
I can definitely sympathize with the OP, what got me originally was that when we are living, being conscious, that state of mind completely disappears when we die. However, I acknowledged that all of us will eventually pass, and that its better to enjoy life to its fullest then to worry about whatever happens when our bodies rot.
.(April 20, 2011 at 1:23 am)Girlysprite Wrote: Also, I plan to leave my marks where I have lived. People will remember me. They will tell stories of me. I will leave my diaries to my children. And luckily my family is big on geonoligy, and dutifully keeps the records of the family tree - I know my information won't get lost quickly, and thus a part of me will be saved. The concept of *I* is more then who I am. It is the traces I leave here, it is the stuff I write, it is the memories that other people have, and the children I have. And the impact of people last longer then they give themselve credit for. I likely won't be remembered after 200 years, but small traces of me will always be around, like an echo.
This is what I plan to do.
I can definitely sympathize with the OP, what got me originally was that when we are living, being conscious, that state of mind completely disappears when we die. However, I acknowledged that all of us will eventually pass, and that its better to enjoy life to its fullest then to worry about whatever happens when our bodies rot.
